, including one of its cofounders. we're so pleased to be joined by peggy cooper cafritz it talk about all of these issues. back in the old days with the school board, you were in quite regularly and we were talking about issues. >> i was. >> and now, let me ask you first, does it seem like there's a less of a feeling of transparency now with the changes in the school's cansler in place and in the a president, i know a school board that's active. give me your thoughts on the state of education right now? >> well, i think because you don't have a local school board anymore and with meetings televised and lots of members of the public there and all of you guys coming, to cover it, i think it seems that you do. but i think if you really want to get into the system, it's fairly accessible. i would, and this takes time, you know, i would like to see us have strong parent student teacher outfits at each school. and i would like to see us have a parent coordinator at eah school. that's something, and we started doing that when i was on the board and we approved a policy and a plan for it. it is e
